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Pavak, Vincent Gary, et al - thanks for the clarification. Best, Francesco
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> Hi Francesco,
>
> I should clarify that it depends a lot on the software pipeline being used.
> The ones I am most familiar with for diSPIM data (MIPAV, Shroff lab
> software, and Stephan Preibisch's Multiview Reconstruction) don't
> inherently support parallel processing of a single dataset on multiple
> GPU's but multiple instances can be run separately on different datasets
> (or different segments of the same dataset). I have not kept up as closely
> with what folks use for fusing data from Z1, openSPIM, MuVi SPIM, or
> bespoke multiview systems.
>
> With enough memory, multiple fusions can also be performed on the same GPU,
> albeit with sub-linear gains in performance. In the case of MVR, my
> understanding is that GPU support may have become deprecated (at least I
> haven't succeeded in running the CUDA libraries it depends on in several
> years) and most users run it on CPU clusters now. I've been meaning to take
> a stab at recompiling the CUDA libraries to see if they'll run as is on
> 10.1, but haven't found the time to do so.
>
> Best,
> Pavak
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> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 12:33 AM Francesco Pasqualini <
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> > Hi Pavak et al,
> > This is very interesting and helpful.
> >
> > Do I understand you correctly that multiple GPU won't help with multiview
> > deconvolution?
> >
> > If there is a reference for deconvolution performances as a function of
> > various hardware options can anyone point it out?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Francesco
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 12:57 AM PAVAK SHAH <
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> > > Hi Niyanta,
> > >
> > > What lightsheet instrument and what is the size of your typical
> dataset?
> > Is
> > > your processing pipeline primarily for segmentation or multiview
> > > deconvolution? This will dictate, to a large extent, the kind of memory
> > and
> > > CPU you need.
> > >
> > > An RTX 2080ti or Titan RTX will be competitively performant but much
> > > cheaper than a Quadro card, which offers no benefits for an image
> > analysis
> > > workflow unless you're running virtual machines. If your workflow is
> > > primarily single view deconvolution, multiple GPUs can also be a huge
> > boon
> > > in terms of processing throughput, especially if individual volumes can
> > fit
> > > in 11 GB of VRAM since you can fill a large workstation to bursting
> with
> > > 2080ti's for the price of 1 Quadro card. Even 2x Titan RTX can be had
> for
> > > less than the price of 1x Quadro 6000.
> > >
> > > Depending on the specific piece of software, many will not scale
> > > efficiently to >16 cores and a faster clocked CPU with fewer cores may
> be
> > > advantageous. If you can benchmark it on a high core count system, that
> > > should show whether your pipelines are able to keep that many cores fed
> > > before running into algorithmic, disk access or memory throughput
> > > bottlenecks.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Pavak
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020, 1:27 PM Niyanta Kumar <
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> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I plan to get a workstation that can handle confocal and lightsheet
> > data
> > > > analysis using Imaris and/or Arivis. Lightsheet data clearly has the
> > > higher
> > > > bar/needs in terms of specs. Below are the specs I am considering.
> Can
> > > you
> > > > please let me know if you have any recommendations?
> > > >
> > > > Lenovo Think Station P920
> > > > 3.7 GHz CPUs (Intel) 48 cores
> > > > Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 or 8000
> > > > 4 X 3 TB of local SSD (multiple drives - one for the OS, one for
> > writing,
> > > > one for reading)
> > > > RAM: 500 GB
> > > > Monitor: dual 1920 x 1200
> > > > 300 TB NAS via 10 GB ethernet – file sharing
> > > > Mouse: 3 button wheel
> > > >
> > > > Monitor: thinking of a dual Lenovo Think Vision P32u-10 but it
> doesn’t
> > > > have a full array LED. Any suggestions? I hear the curved monitors
> can
> > > > cause issues with display when sharing screens over Webex etc.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Niyanta
> > > >
> > >
> >
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Francesco S. Pasqualini